An interventional study of Online Parent Emotion Regulation and Parenting Program in Parent Emotion Regulation, Parenting and Child Socioemotional and Behavioral Outcomes, sponsored by The University of Hong Kong. Recruiting at 1 site in Hong Kong. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-16.
Sponsored by The University of Hong Kong · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
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This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an online emotion regulation and parenting program for parents of children aged 2-6 years. The program is designed to help parents better manage their emotions and respond more adaptively to their children's emotional and behavioral needs. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group. The study will examine whether the intervention reduces parents' emotion regulation difficulties, improves their acceptance of children's negative emotions and their perceived ability to respond adaptively, and improves children's socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes.
This study is a randomized controlled trial evaluating an online parent-focused intervention that integrates emotion regulation strategies with parenting skills for parents of children aged 2-6 years.
Eligible parents will complete a baseline assessment before being randomly allocated to either the intervention group or the control group. Participants assigned to the intervention group will receive an online micro-learning program consisting of brief sessions focused on parent emotion regulation, understanding and responding to children's negative emotions, and adaptive parenting strategies. Participants in the control group will not receive the intervention during the initial study period.
Outcome assessments will examine changes in parents' emotion regulation difficulties, their acceptance of children's negative emotions, their perceived ability to respond adaptively to children's negative emotions, and children's socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes. Outcomes will be compared between the intervention and control groups over the study period.
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Participants assigned to this group will receive the online parent emotion regulation and parenting program. The program consists of eight brief online micro-learning sessions designed to support parents in managing their emotions and responding adaptively to their children's emotional and behavioral needs.
Behavioral: Online Parent Emotion Regulation and Parenting Program
Participants assigned to this group will not receive the intervention during the initial study period and will be offered access to the online program after completion of the post-intervention assessment.
An online parent-focused program consisting of eight brief micro-learning sessions. The program provides strategies to help parents manage their emotional responses, understand and accept their negative emotions, and respond more adaptively to children's emotional and behavioral needs. Each session lasts approximately 5-8 minutes and is delivered online.
Change From Baseline in Parent Emotion Regulation Difficulties Assessed by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16 (DERS-16)
Parent emotion regulation difficulties will be assessed using the 16-item Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-16). Items are rated on a 5-point scale, with total scores ranging from 16 to 80. Higher scores indicate greater difficulties in emotion regulation. Change from baseline will be compared between the intervention and control groups.
Time frame: Baseline and 2 months after randomization
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Start is estimated for Sep 2026; primary completion for Jun 2027, 9 months later.
Of 391 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Emotional Regulation, half reached primary completion within 18 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 36. This study's planned 9 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 397 studies reached it within 18 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 36.
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